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Very true on the UX stuff… That’s what tech does best!

I would see them more likely to get involved on the UX side of banking – not necessarily being the bank but designing an API that interfaces with banks. And I should point out that Amazon already has Amazon Payments, and I would say those types of services are more likely where they will invest their time and resources.

Thanks for your explanation about the “s” in the HTTP part of the domain name J.

I appreciate reading your articles and how you take the time to respond. I don’t think it is possible for you or any blogger to respond to all comments. But you do a darn good job on your response rate, and it feels very special when I receive a personal response. :)

By the way, I don’t expect a reply to this comment. I know you are busy. Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you and the work you do.

Enjoy your weekend.

Yeah, it’s because I don’t have an “s” there in the HTTP part of the domain which a lot of places are starting to go towards now… We probably will at some point, but for now afraid of it breaking the site and nothing working so might be a bit longer until we keep up with the times :) Thanks for the heads up though! And I agree with your social media assessment here!

Also realizing this is more true and true as the years go by – “I have learned to not say, never, because things are constantly changing, as am I.” Well put.

I have learned to not say, never, because things are constantly changing, as am I. So, while I prefer my privacy and think that these companies know too much about us already who knows where things will be in the future. But, I hope we do not come to that.

Right now, though, I would say, no to all of them. They have too much power as it is. Unless something changes I see no reason to leave the companies that are working just fine for my needs.

On a different note, I don’t know much about how computer or browsers work, so this might mean something or nothing. Hope it helps.

I got to this article by first opening your message in my gmail email account in the Chrome browser. I then clicked on the article to read it & comments in full from your blog. After composing my response and as I was about to hit “Submit” I noticed up at the top left of the url the following words in red font, “Not secure.”

I then opened the article in a new tab, still in Chrome. Same thing happened.

I decided to see if the same thing would happen in another browser, Edge. It did not. So, I figured it must be safe to submit my comments from Edge.

Take care.

Haha… you’re not wrong there ;)

When I was able to handle the property management aspect of being a landlord and had a tenant I could trust, we actually used Facebook Messenger’s payment system. It’s pretty similar to Venmo.

Google Pay isn’t too far off either.

You could argue that with as prevalent as Amazon is in…well, everything, that Amazon gift cards are almost a form of currency at this point.